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I have been a big fan of wicker/rattan/bentwood furniture for ages and wanted to give a shout out to Carol's bed in the third season of The Last Man On Earth.

This type of furniture is hugely popular right now, and it makes sense because we, as a culture, have moved away from our 60's-Mad-Men-Mid-Century obsession and are squarely living in the age of 70's revival. You know a trend has been fully embraced when even IKEA has made room for the style in their collection. Here is a sampling of what is going on at IKEA right now:

The above image can be seen in the trailer for Tale of Tales (2015) and it seduced me into watching (the first part of) the movie, so I'm posting it here so you can save yourself the agony. This set combines two things I love:

I just stumbled on this piece of perfection. It's the Vetro Crib by Nurseryworks, and it goes for $3950. I never imagined they made things this lovely for babies. Then I started googling "lucite crib" and there were more!

Ubabub Nifty Clear Crib in Walnut

Ubabub' Pod Crib

Also, the internet is saying that Beyonce's baby is in a lucite cribe, and I expected nothing less from a woman of such taste.

Spot on Square's Roh crib ($1,590)- at least two grand less than the others, but it is still big bucks

I was doing a google image search for "famous dining chairs" (because that's what I do), and the very first image was of my dining room chair...in worse condition and with a pretty unflattering seat fabric.

But nonetheless....What!

My dining room

The chair image led me to a blog, and blog showed me a picture of my chair on Mad Men.

Mad Men: Season 2

Clearly this is a woman after my heart.

The screen grab is from an episode where Don goes to California (whaaa!) and fixes a chair for an old friend (aka the real wife of the real Don Draper)

I while back I wrote a post about how affordable and attractive Bertoia chairs are, but they are brutal on the thighs.

Suits - Season 3, Episode 1

The below picture was from a TV show I worked on called Making Mr Right on Vh1. I never saw an episode of the show, but check out those Bertoias in the background. The seats are welded on to i-beams and turned into benches. Still massively uncomfortable.

In the second season of House of Cards, Frank Underwood and The President stroll the halls of the White House, and sit down for a brief chat.

The chairs they sit in are remarkable. The furniture in the White House is consistently stately and unsurprising, but these chairs have an unexpected Art Nouveau quality. They arms of the chair connect to the back in a smooth loop. The dark wood and caning are classic, and the added organic quality take these chairs to the next level.

You can purchase these Eames nock-off chairs from Amazon for $173/pair, which is an awesomely inexpensive way to bring icon design into your home. But the artist, Phillip Estlund, has taken them to the next level. He cut up paper, collaged them, and then applied a coat of polyurethane.

These chairs are one of a kind and go for $3,600 a pop......and that is just crazy, but it got me thinking that this could be a really amazing DIY project. Virtually anything would look good on this chair. Sky's the limit!

It reminded me a lot of this vintage school chair that had been coated with all canvas prints.

My sister just emailed me a link to a website for bespoke glam furniture. Jimmie Martin makes furniture that is more theatrical than my taste, but there are moments of genius. I love how he breaks up the image of the dogs.

After sifting through the images on the website, I found a few stand outs:

The second season of The Carrie Diaries starts out with Carrie apartment siting for her fabulous boss in the great city of Manhattan. She lives like a complete slob and fails to notice the most amazing couch ever upholstered in an 80's-does-chinoiserie fabric.

The Blacklist: Season 1 - Lovely Washington, DC home that is way beyond the means of the 30-something couple that lives in it because one is a school teacher and the other is in law enforcement.

The Blacklist: Season 1

I did a little research and learned that in the late 80's my mom decided to splurge on four hand crafted Thomas Moser dining chairs. At the time they were about $600 a pop (now they are $1075). Clearly my mom didn't tell my dad how much they were until after the fact because THAT IS SO MUCH MONEY!

The four Moser chairs are still around our dining room table, and in pretty near perfect condition.

In one of the first few episodes of The Blacklist, a psycho killer breaks into the home of our heroine and holds her husband hostage in their dining room. But of course, I was distracted by the chair behind her head. It looked so much like the ones my parents have (but not the same).

Thos. Moser dining chair $1075

My super 80's mom should be telling my sister to get off that chair!

This picture of me shows not just Thomas Moser chairs, but also a Thonet nock-off rocking chair. Double whammy!

When did Anthropologie.com become such a great source for interesting furniture? There are so many unexpected and outlandish pieces. Can you believe that this is a chain store with a branch in your local mall?

$2298

$5498

$698

$2698

$1998

$1498

$1298

$998

$5398

$2198

$698

$2398

$1298

$1398

But the strangest thing of all is this massive (overpriced) LARPing tent, that is moments from being swept out to sea.

Boardwalk Empire lost me half way through season three, but due to their recent Art Direction Emmy win, and the death of some tedious characters, I decided to give season four a go.

Good decision. The first episode has scenes in the upstairs offices of Chalky White's club, and he is a fan of chesterfield sofas.

I have wanted a classic brown leather chesterfield for some time. This sofa has perplexing duality. It seems very formal, but invites you to sit down and relax. It is used in the most masculine spaces, but has feminine curves.

When I think retail, my mind goes right to Restoration Hardware, but you have to pay top dollar for that type of perfection. The sofa to the right is about $3000, and you can't find something comparable for much cheaper (please let me know if you do).

If you are into the style, but willing to compromise, you can find less expensive options in fabric....but not cheap.

When I visited the MAK design museum in Vienna a few weeks back, I was struck by the exhibition design choice for their Thonet furniture. Since writing a post about Thonet cafe chairs, I knew I would have to see some in person before I left the city.

The chairs are lined up behind white screens so their shadows create a graphic hallway. Displaying them in this way accentuates their simplicity and lines.